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1995 San Diego State

8–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Ted Tollner.

Schedule and results

San Diego State in 1995, game by game: won vs. California 33–9; lost at No. 14 Oklahoma 22–38; lost at BYU 19–31; won vs. Nevada 30–27; won at Utah 24–21; won vs. Fresno State 48–24; won vs. San José State 49–20; won at UTEP 45–16; won vs. New Mexico 38–29; lost vs. Wyoming 31–34; won at Hawai’i 49–10; lost vs. Colorado State 13–24+39−16Won 33–9 vs. California+24CaliforniaLost 22–38 at No. 14 Oklahoma-16No. 14 OklahomaLost 19–31 at BYU-12BYUWon 30–27 vs. Nevada+3NevadaWon 24–21 at Utah+3UtahWon 48–24 vs. Fresno State+24Fresno StateWon 49–20 vs. San José State+29San José StateWon 45–16 at UTEP+29UTEPWon 38–29 vs. New Mexico+9New MexicoLost 31–34 vs. Wyoming-3WyomingWon 49–10 at Hawai’i+39Hawai’iLost 13–24 vs. Colorado State-11Colorado State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2vsCaliforniaW 33–⁠953%
Sep 9at14OklahomaL 22–⁠3837%
Sep 16atBYUL 19–⁠3137%
Sep 28vsNevadaW 30–⁠2745%
Oct 7atUtahW 24–⁠2125%
Oct 14vsFresno StateW 48–⁠2454%
Oct 21vsSan José StateW 49–⁠2075%
Oct 28atUTEPW 45–⁠1675%
Nov 4vsNew MexicoW 38–⁠2968%
Nov 11vsWyomingL 31–⁠3473%
Nov 18atHawai’iW 49–⁠1060%
Nov 25vsColorado StateL 13–⁠2454%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado State 24–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Western Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 23rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 86 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 12: 25

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1995.

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 5th in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 25
Points
401–⁠283
Coach
Ted Tollner
Elo
1543 +85 this season
SP+ rating
6.2 No. 48 of 107; offense No. 20, defense No. 73
SRS
1.6 No. 52 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Tom Craft
Defensive coordinator
Claude Gilbert
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Drafted in 1996

The 1996 draft
Rd 5La’Roi Glover DTOakland Raiders
Rd 7DeAndre Maxwell WRWashington Redskins

All-WAC

4 first team, 7 second team

First team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Colorado State6–⁠28–⁠4
BYU6–⁠27–⁠4
Utah6–⁠27–⁠4
Air Force6–⁠28–⁠5
San Diego State5–⁠38–⁠4
Wyoming4–⁠46–⁠5
Fresno State2–⁠65–⁠7
New Mexico2–⁠64–⁠7
Hawai’i2–⁠64–⁠8
UTEP1–⁠72–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.